Readers looking for a in-depth political commentary over the "War on Terror" continue no further. This story regards the existence of a tacky 80s-esque handheld LCD screen based on the terrible events of 9/11 (as our American friends like to call it).

There appear to be multiple versions of this game going round, all using the same sort of marketing material. The Poorhouse first sighted the one that made bootlegactionfigures.com say some swear words. It must be said that the use of such graphic illustrations and references to the Twin Towers tragedy is capitalistic mega-nonsensitivty; whatever sells wins, right?

The premise of this most tasteful of games appears to be (despite some versions saying something about a boxing match on the packaging) that you are some sort gunner and you have to shoot down planes before they hit the World Trade Centre. Imagine a different dimension where George Bush and his minions paid a little more attention to what was flying around the skies and come September 11th got a moment to put down his storybook and issue the commands to shoot down the planes before they committed the collision atrocity. You are charged to carry out this task in monotone miniscreen format, doubtless with some annoying beeps to help you on.

Wafah: showing her "American values"Still, whoever made this bit of provocatively insensitive nonsense weren't the only people to cash in on that awful day. Leaving aside the Bush administration for once, we refer of course to Wafah bin Laden. Admittedly she apparently hates the attention her uncle, Osama bin Laden, has brought upon her and is entirely opposed to his crime against humanity. It is most definitely true that the sins of the uncle should not be visited upon the niece and we have no reason to suspect that she's in any way lying; people who judge her otherwise without evidence are just plain wrong. However the Poorhouse can't help but feel that her name might just have had some positive influence with regard to the excessive interest put upon her and her new modelling career; starting with a half naked GQ magazine photoshoot, presumably as part of her some-would-say-misguided bid to be accepted by Americans as having the same "American Spirit" and "Values" as them. Subsequently rumours of a place for her on a "reality show" are in abundance. She has now changed her surname to Dufour presumably in an attempt to disassociate herself from the uncle, but not before giving a widely-publicised interview about how much she hates how she is connected to him by everyone, thus doing nothing but adding extra highlight to the relationship to all readers. Oops.

In an further strand to the Laden vs US competition, it so happens that one of Bush's daughters had what they call in the trade a "nip slip" and so photos of the First Boob are also likely floating around the netosphere somewhere. Much as it is unfair to make these unevidenced allegations, the Poorhouse cannot be bothered to search through all the porn site search results to find the truth, preferring instead to leave this as an exercise for you, the reader.